How to know if you can trust an artificial intelligence chatbot’s answer to your pressing question

By: Leo S. Lo

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: September 19, 2026

Words: 1,110

Last Updated: 4 weeks, 1 day ago

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I recently typed a simple question into Google search: How much screen time is too much for teenagers? Instead of presenting links, as Google had been doing for many years, it gave me an AI-generated answer. The artificial intelligence agent cited a number, then complicated that reply, noting that quality and balance of time could matter more than the number of hours, and that “too much” time could depend on a teenager’s sleep, exercise, school …

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